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Formula 1 has been experiencing a boom in popularity in the U.S. recently and with it, a lot of new fans are coming to understand that it is a sport largely predicated on predictability.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won his fifth straight race on Sunday in Austria, and as a team, Red Bull has won every single race this season. After the championship came down to the last lap of the last race two years ago, helping draw in millions of fans along the way, the sport has reverted to its historical mean — one driver and one car dominating the rest.

That is because it is not strictly a competition of drivers, but one of engineering.

The best car has the best chance to win every race, even if a better driver is in different machinery.

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